
Naama Weingarten
Reporter
Naama Weingarten is a reporter with CBC News based in Toronto. You can reach her at naama.weingarten@cbc.ca or follow her on X @NaamaWeingarten.
Latest from Naama Weingarten

As U.S. whisky finally runs dry, Toronto bars pitch local dupes
Toronto whisky drinkers are inching closer and closer to their new, elbows-up reality: a city completely and utterly without bourbon.
Canada -Toronto |

A theft, a sting and an apology: How these Toronto cyclists got their stolen bikes back
A thief who cut a hole into Noah Rosen and Suzanne Carlsen's fence to steal their bikes probably didn't expect the couple would set up a sting operation to get them back.
Canada -Toronto |

A Blue Jays fan had his tickets stolen online. Here's how to prevent it from happening to you
A Toronto Blue Jays fan is warning others to be vigilant after expensive tickets he bought for his parents were stolen from his online account.
Canada -Toronto |
'Grandma's in the light': Family mourns woman fatally stabbed in North York parking lot
Shahnaz Pestonji was a nurse, a mom, a grandmother and a wife. Her two daughters and her husband are now left with the grief of a tragic death after she was fatally stabbed in a North York plaza parking lot Thursday.
Canada -Toronto |

Complaints pile up against only agency providing Indian consular services in Canada
CBC spoke with numerous people who described being pressured to pay extra charges for Indian consular services — many of whom felt their ability to visit family or legally stay in Canada depended on it.
Canada -Toronto |

New law that aims to protect Ontario gig workers falls short, critics say
New legislation that offers more protection to digital platform workers becomes law on Tuesday, but critics say the act is "lacking" and falls short of what gig workers actually need.
Canada -Toronto |

Pedestrian Sunday is back in Kensington this weekend, but future of festival remains unclear
Kensington Market's popular Pedestrian Sunday festival is back this month, but its future for the rest of the season remains unclear as organizers look for solutions on safety concerns and the problem of illegal vendors.
Canada -Toronto |

Pedal pubs can soon serve alcohol in select Ontario cities, province says
The province says it will allow serving and drinking alcohol on large quadricycles, better known as pedal pubs, starting July 1 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Toronto, Ottawa and Windsor.
Canada -Toronto |

Despite 'massive shift' towards smoking over injection, Ontario has only 1 supervised drug inhalation space
A small specialty hospital in Toronto contains the province’s only supervised inhalation space - even as the number of Ontarians who appear to be dying of opioid overdoses after smoking drugs has more than doubled in seven years.
Canada -Toronto |

Sexual assault survivors calling on Ontario to lift policy that limits access to community justice programs
A coalition led by survivors of sexual violence is calling on the province to scrap a policy that stops prosecutors from referring sexual assault survivors to community justice programs.
Canada -Toronto |